Norwich 3-7 Oct 12

On the Map Norwich (or "Narch" in local dialect) looks fairly close to home and not far from our usual haunts in North Norfolk. However,  the Friday evening drive took over two hours, mainly due to the sheer volume of traffic.  Still, we arrived, pitched up and had the usual beers open and quaffed in very quick time now that we are motorhomers with a whole year's experience under our belt.

 

 

 

 

Norwich
 

 

 

 

Cathedral

 

Castle
 

 

 

The site is in the outskirts of Norwich in what is a very average area in that there are no scenic views as such and there is a bit of noise from the railway and the bypass, which are close to the site. What it lacks in scenery it makes up for in its proximity to Norwich, which is a great city to explore for the day. So, on Saturday it was up early and a leisurely stroll for the half hour walk to the city centre, then a long, long day sightseeing and meandering about, broken up by a very nice lunch, before heading back totally exhausted for cheese and biscuits and a nice hot cup of tea.

The sundial was 10 minutes slow
 

On Sunday, after sleeping the sleep of the totally knackered, we had a lazy morning and then drove out to the local National Trust property, Blickling Estate. What a stunning place, packed full of treasures. Again, we were ushered to our own private parking and, after a lovely tour of the house and grounds, we had lunch in the bus before heading back towards home. The weather was so good that we thought that perhaps we should take in another stop on the Sunday night, but, unfortunately, the navigators electronic system (vodafone internet) is completely pants and by the time we found suitable sites we had passed them by.  What we also found rather irksome was the price difference in camping club sites. Why is Sandringham £2 or £3 dearer a night that Norwich? It pee'd us off so much that we said "stuff 'em" and just went home. Perhaps  a bit of better planning is called for next time!

Welcome to my little gaff in the country
 



The Hall
 



Special parking just for us